This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Lawson, Dalton, Russell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3302.1.1 Message Board Post: Doug, It took me a while to figure it out from my notes. But, I am glad that you found that entry. Sela was the former Sela (Celia) Russell, stepdaughter of Meredith Lawson. Meredith married Nancy Russell, his apparent stepdaughter who was the sister of Sela Russell. So, that is why Wilson was living with James Marshall in 1870, John Marshall was married to William Dalton's sister. William Dalton was married to the stepdaughter of Meredith's brother John Jackson Lawson. Nancy Russell had two children by Meredith Lawson--Dyer and John Lawson. David